This time of year, local families tend to spend their down time outside — camping in parks, relaxing on the beach, dining al fresco, and attending outdoor concerts. But with the arrival of Great Wolf Lodge New England, a 40-acre destination resort with a 68,000-square foot indoor waterpark, many families are heading to north-central Massachusetts to explore the great indoors. The 100,000-square-foot lodge is the 12th in a chain operated by Great Wolf Resorts, based in Madison, Wis. It opened June 5 in Fitchburg, Mass., an under-the-radar locale 90 minutes from Hartford and within a three hour drive of millions of New Englanders. Prior, if locals wanted to stay at a Great Wolf...

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